" After a while, Alex says gently, ‘Can I ask you something?’
‘Well, that depends what it is!’ I reply, mockingly.
‘Could we have some time just the two of us?’
‘Are you asking me to leave my son with someone so that we can meet up without him? Why?’
Alex turns away with a slight smile. He probably thinks I’m an idiot, but despite feeling intoxicated from his proximity, my brain, my upbringing and my good sense are all flashing two big red capital letters in my head – ‘N.O.’.
But who could possibly listen to reason under such circumstances? "

― Victoria Sobolev , Monogamy Book One. Lover (Monogamy, #1)